sục
Definition
- Verb:
- To scour / to search thoroughly: To examine or go through a place very carefully and energetically in order to find something or someone.
- To plunge / to poke / to thrust deep: To push or drive something deeply into a substance, often stirring or agitating it.
- To rummage / to root around: To search for something by moving things around in a busy, energetic, or disruptive way.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cảnh sát sục khắp các ngả đường. (The police scoured every street.)
- Lợn sục mõm vào máng ăn. (The pig plunged its snout into the trough.)
- Nó sục tìm tài liệu trong ngăn kéo. (He rummaged for documents in the drawer.)
Advanced Usage
- "sục sạo": to search meticulously and intrusively.
- Họ sục sạo mọi ngóc ngách của căn nhà. (They meticulously searched every nook and cranny of the house.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sục sôi (adj): boiling, seething (often used figuratively for emotions).
- Lòng cô ấy sục sôi căm thù. (Her heart seethed with hatred.)
Synonyms
- Scour: to search a place thoroughly.
- Plunge: to push or thrust quickly and forcefully into something.
- Rummage: to search untidily and unsystematically.
Related Idioms
- Sục vào tận nhà: to search all the way into someone's house (implies an intrusive, thorough search).
- Họ sục vào tận nhà để bắt nghi phạm. (They searched right into the house to arrest the suspect.)
verb
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to scour to plunge deep into
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